1.   Another candidate, Sen. Robert Smith, R-N.H., also was already making excuses even before the end of the filing period.

2.   Epstein explained that the law required inspections for a particular cycle to be conducted during the filing period for that cycle.

3.   First the draft disappeared, and now the filing period will follow it.

4.   Free agents can begin signing with clubs as soon as the filing period ends.

5.   In past Novembers, eligible players have filed throughout the filing period.

6.   Long after an appellate court had refused to extend the filing period, the lawyer continued to tell his client that the appeal was alive.

7.   So far about two dozen people have expressed interest in running for Valley council seats or for mayor, but the official filing period does not begin until July.

8.   The actual filing period does not end until midnight Friday.

9.   The filing period for free agency and arbitration usually happens after the World Series.

10.   The filing period ends in November for candidates to appear on the March ballot.